Coffee

Shit i gotta try this with weed

Dave smash coffee big rock

Obligatory James Hoffman clip.

I could not tell the difference between pre-ground and home ground coffee. I am happy with not having a discriminating palate, since pre-ground is easier.

So you motorized a burr grinder?

Wnh not just buy an electric grinder at this point? People use hand grinders because they enjoy the process.

Idk with just a cheapo electric grinder thing

I do this with my 1zpresso Q2 except I just chuck it directly into the grinder which I find helps keep the beans from jumping out of the grinder.

I do the same thing (with a different grinder) when I need a large quantity of ground pepper.

I tried this with exactly this bur grinder and it melted the plastic washer in the assembly

Granted, I was using it for flax seed instead of coffee (it was my spouse's idea), but be careful with that drill my friend

I have a pair of Breville/Sage SmartGrinders (which I didn't pay anywhere near list price for).

One for caff, one for decaff.

I love them, as once I've dialed in the grind size for a bean, and set the timer per shot to hit the correct weigh, I can just bonk the button with a portafilter, and get a correctly sized dose.

While I love experimenting with coffee, once the conclusion is reached, I like to nail down the process so I don't need to think about it until the next bean change.

I used to grind beans at home. But I just don’t care anymore. I just run them through the grinder at Costco.

Yes

I have a special drill at work that is just for grinding coffee

At home I my grinder was half the price of my espresso machine.

Seems like I might be a bit bougie. I have a Breville Dose Control conical burr grinder...

I had that Harrio as my first grinder, it was alright but the adjustment of grind size was annoying and a single espresso shot took like 10 mins to hand-crank. Within a week I ordered a Eureka Mignon Chrono. Best decision.

Ive since retired my budget espresso machine because having no time to dedicate to upkeep ment it was constantly getting nasty and was just too much hassle, now I have found my happy medium with a chemex.

Did the same thing for a while lol, just had to keep the drill going as slow as possible.

I'm not sure I prefer the "actual properly motorized versions" over yours - this is absolutely awesome!

I have a breville smart grinder pro. It's fine, but I'd love to upgrade

The 10-15 dollar grinder at Walmart or Target, I forgot which. Can't tell any real difference between that and my wife's burr grinder that is much larger.

I did that with mine. But I found that I had to feather the drill a lot to keep the grind consistent.

Eventually I just went back to buying pre ground.

Edit: actually I think I have the pro version of yours. Ended up buying a steel ring to go between the mill to stabilize the central steel pin. Got a more consistent grind after it. But felt I needed to keep the drill at a lower speed.

Capresso Infinity. It is an inexpensive conical burr grinder. I bought mine in 2012.

Mine lasted about 4 years before the thermister died. I replaced it with a 1Ω resistor and it works no problem. I've had to replace that resistor about every 4 years, three times so far, most recently a couple months ago. I would guess it is there to limit heat in the motor but the motor has not yet failed so 🤷.

I grind 60g of medium fine or 40g of coarse just about daily and it has otherwise held up fine. In the summer for the last few years I grind 120g of coarse every few days for cold brew, that is a longer grind and probably the most risk of overheating but hasn't really affected the life AFAICT.

You may be able to spend more on a grinder that lasts more than 4 years, but this is a cheap and easy fix if you're handy with a soldering iron.

At the as you exit filthy public grinder at Costco

Larger amounts of coffee go in a Baratza Virtuoso, single cups go in my 1zpresso hand mill.

I can't recommend a nice hand mill enough - a hario is fine as a starter grinder but a better mill will be immensely more consistent and much quicker.

I like Baratza for electric grinders, they're a wonderful company. If anything breaks or you need support or parts they're there for you.

I use a varia vs3 at home, and a hario skerton hand grinder at work

I chose the varia for its excellent reviews at its price point, and the hario for being good enough

I haven't tried driving the hario like yours, but also I don't have a drill at work

Hand ground with a Zassenhaus mill.

Got another in the cellar im 3D printing some gears to fit a stepper motor to it. Just got to get the ratio high enough for enough torque. Don't want the large gear too big, so need some more reduction.

I've got a cheap blender. It does the job pretty well, surprisingly. Though I never make a lot of coffee at once

I mostly drink pre-ground but when I grind it myself I use Baratza Virtuoso grinder.

Timemore C3 Pro. Fits perfectly with a 2 cup Bialetti for a ~250 mL americano.

I used to do exactly what you're doing in the photo until my wife got tired of me abusing the poor little Hario mill and bought me an electric burr mill. You can probably just use a socket on the Hario but I was lazy and clamped the chuck directly to it.